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Walgreens Infusion Services - - 08/27/2015
Walgreens Infusion Services August 27, 2015
Walgreens Infusion Services
Issuing Office:
Dallas District Office
2015-DAL-WL-29
UPS OVERNIGHT
Paul Mastrapa, Chief Executive Officer
Option Care Enterprises, Inc.
RE: Walgreens Infusion Services
485 E Half Day Road, Suite 300
Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089-8806
Dear Mr. Mastrapa:
From November 4, 2014, to November 25, 2014, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigators conducted an inspection of your facility, Walgreens Infusion Services, located at 9030 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas 77054. This inspection was conducted as a result of a complaint received regarding an adverse event reportedly experienced by a patient who received a magnesium sulfate product that was prepared by this facility.
During the inspection, the investigator observed serious deficiencies in your practices for producing sterile drug products, which put patients at risk. For example, our investigators observed that operators poorly maintained the ISO 5 and ISO 7 areas where drug products are compounded. Trash, debris, and dust were observed in aseptic processing areas (e.g., (b)(4) of the laminar air flow hoods). The investigators also observed poor personnel practices (e.g., failure to sanitize glove after wiping sweat from the eyebrow, retrieving a previously sterile glove from the floor and putting it on before beginning aseptic manipulations without sanitizing the glove first or replacing it with a new glove). Investigators collected a sample consisting of environmental subsamples from multiple locations within the ISO 5 and ISO 7 areas. Testing of the sample found gram-negative, gram-positive, and spore-forming bacteria and mold. Therefore, your products may be produced in an environment that poses a significant contamination risk.
A Form FDA 483 (Inspectional Observations) was issued to your firm on November 25, 2014. FDA acknowledges your December 15, 2014 response to the Form FDA 483. Based on this inspection, it appears that you are producing drugs that violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).
A. Violations of the FDCA
Adulterated Drug Products
Under section 501(a)(2)(A) of the FDCA [21 U.S.C. § 351(a)(2)(A)], a drug is adulterated if it has been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health. Numerous microorganisms and other contaminants were present in an aseptic processing environment.
A firm producing sterile drugs must take certain steps in order to ensure removal of contaminants through various controls that focus on safeguarding drug sterility by assuring the quality of the processing environment (e.g., surfaces, personnel, air) and the materials that go into a drug product. Otherwise, drugs that are intended or expected to be sterile may become contaminated during preparation and, when administered to a patient, may result in infections and/or pyrogenic responses that pose a life-threatening health risk to a patient. Failure to take these steps when producing drugs that are intended or expected to be sterile causes the drugs to be prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions.
FDA investigators observed that your drug products intended or expected to be sterile were prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions, whereby they may have become contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health, causing your drug products to be adulterated under section 501(a)(2)(A) of the FDCA [21 U.S.C. § 351(a)(2)(A)]. For example, FDA investigators noted:
Debris and dust in areas where aseptic processing is conducted.
Poor personnel practices (e.g., failure to sanitize glove after wiping of sweat from the eyebrow while performing aseptic processing and retrieving a previously sterile glove from the floor and putting it on before beginning aseptic manipulations without sanitizing the glove first or replacing it with a new glove.
Failure to sanitize supplies and equipment (e.g., carts) entering into aseptic processing areas and failure to use a sporicidal agent in aseptic processing areas, including the ISO 5.
Failure to demonstrate through appropriate studies that your hoods are able to provide adequate protection of the ISO 5 area in which sterile products are processed.
In addition, FDA Laboratory Analysis found gram-negative, gram-positive and spore-forming bacteria and mold in a sample collected from the ISO 5 and ISO 7 areas of your firm's aseptic processing facility. Therefore, your drug products were produced in an environment that poses a significant contamination risk.
As noted, FDA received a complaint regarding an adverse event reportedly experienced by a patient who received a magnesium sulfate product that was prepared by your firm. FDA collected the remaining magnesium sulfate product from the reporting patient. FDA analysis of this sample found that it contained in excess of 200% of the label claim of magnesium sulfate. Under section 501(b) of the FDCA [21 U.S.C. § 351(b)], a drug is adulterated if it purports to be or is represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in an official compendium, and its strength differs from, or its quality or purity falls below, the standards set forth in such compendium. The strength of your magnesium sulfate injection product did not meet the standards set for the drug in the official USP Magnesium Sulfate Injection monograph, which defines magnesium sulfate injection as having no less than 93.0% and no more than 107.0% of the labeled amount of magnesium sulfate, causing it to be adulterated under section 501(b) of the FDCA.
It is a prohibited act under section 301(k) of the FDCA to do any act with respect to a drug, if such act is done while the drug is held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce of the components used to make the drug and results in the drug being adulterated.
Misbranded Drug Products
Under section 502(a) of the FDCA [21 U.S.C. § 352(a)], a drug product is misbranded if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. As noted, FDA analysis showed that your magnesium sulfate product contained in excess of 200% of the labeled concentration of magnesium sulfate. Because the labeling of this drug product was false, it was misbranded under section 502(a) of the FDCA.
It is a prohibited act under section 301(k) of the FDCA [21 U.S.C. § 331(k)] to do any act with respect to a drug, if such act is done while the drug is held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce of the components used to make the drug and results in the drug being misbranded.
B. Corrective Actions
We acknowledge your action taken on December 24, 2014, to voluntarily recall all sterile drug products within expiry, and to temporarily cease compounding sterile drug products while your firm addressed the investigators' observed insanitary conditions. We further acknowledge the documentation and submissions provided by your firm on January 29, 2015, February 9, 2015, and February 12, 2015, addressing the insanitary conditions observed during the inspection and corrective actions taken. As previously communicated on February, 20, 2015, we have the following comments on the firm's corrective actions:
Corrective actions taken to address FDA's adverse environmental findings were made without a comprehensive investigation into how the microorganisms entered the ISO 5 and ISO 7 areas. You have not provided any assurance to demonstrate that corrective actions you have taken will be effective in preventing recurrence of this insanitary condition.
Your Personnel Validation Procedure via Media Fill Test specified in SOP P-165 Sterile Admixture Quality Control procedure, Revision 12/15/14, does not appear to represent or closely simulate the most challenging or stressful conditions that sterile compounding personnel could experience in your firm, as required by USP , Pharmaceutical Compounding – Sterile Preparation.797>
C. Conclusion
The violations cited in this letter are not intended to be an all-inclusive statement of violations at your facility. You are responsible for investigating and determining the causes of the violations identified above and for preventing their recurrence or the occurrence of other violations. It is your responsibility to ensure that your firm complies with all requirements of federal law and FDA regulations.
You should take prompt action to correct the violations cited in this letter. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in legal action without further notice, including, without limitation, seizure and injunction.
Within fifteen working days of receipt of this letter, please notify this office in writing of the specific steps that you have taken to correct the violations. Please include an explanation of each step being taken to prevent the recurrence of violations, as well as copies of related documentation. If you do not believe that the products discussed above are in violation of the FDCA, include your reasoning and any supporting information for our consideration. If you cannot complete the corrective actions within 15 working days, state the reason for the delay and the time within which the corrections will be completed. Please address your reply to: John Diehl, Compliance Officer, Dallas District Office, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 4040 North Central Expressway, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75204.
If you have questions regarding the contents of this letter, please contact Mr. John Diehl at 214-253-5288.
Reynaldo R. Rodriguez, Jr.
Dallas District Director
Cliffic A. Guidry, Jr.
Pharmacy Manager & Pharmacist-In-Charge
Charles L. McClure, General Manager
Rachael G. Pontikes, Partner
190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3700
Elinor Hart Murarova, Associate
Gay Dodson, RPh, Executive Director
Texas State Board of Pharmacy
William P. Hobby Building
Tower 3, Suite 600
333 Guadalupe Street
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Nearly giving up the day job-coming soon, my Etsy shop!!
Spring is nearly here and with it comes some changes for me in my personal and work life which ultimately will be a change in lifestyle for me.
This is my gorgeous Cherry Blossom tree in my front garden, always a visual reminder of how wonderful the start of Spring is and how inspirational it can be for the start of each year.
I thought if I don't do it now I never will-I am apprehensive, wary, excited and nervous-but am preparing for my launch opening which I am hoping will be around the beginning of April.
As you all know, I so enjoy thrifting for designer and vintage pieces and of course I will still be looking for finds of my own as well as the shop. But everything I source is specifically picked and indeed a piece I would use or wear myself, so if you like my style, I hope you will enjoy picking something from my shop to incorporate into your own wardrobe.
Any pieces not suitable for Etsy-that is not vintage, will go onto Ebay and I will post a link once the items go on sale, also around the start to mid April.
I do so hope you will take a browse when I launch and seriously consider treating yourself-watch this space for the Launch Date!!
I am so glad that you are following your dream to the full. It is never too late. Grate news. baking you all the way.
How exciting, I will be watching your new venture with interest (and maybe an open purse!)I have been toying with the idea of Etsy for a while, I'd be really glad to know how you get on as a British shop as the site has always seemed more geared up to American sellers (understandably). Folksy has opened up here for crafters, but it would be great if there was a similar British based website for vintage. Or maybe I'm imagining any difficulties and should just give it a go!
Long time no see. Congratulations, it's nothing like doing things for yourself.
Good for your! I think it's important to take the risk and follow your dreams. I know too many people who end up regretting not taking the leap earlier. Very excited to see what your Etsy store will feature. Knowing how great your finds are and your eye for vintage, I'm sure it will be fab!
Good luck in your venture hun. What a great thing to do and very brave too! I am sure it will be a huge sucess and you have everyones best wishes (& hopfully pennies!).
Oh wow! good for you, I've been reading your blog for a while and love all the wonders you manage to find, can't wait for yor shop, good luck.
Wow! Congratulations, Sharon! I'm exciting with you and FOR you.
My dear, it is scary and exciting at the same time to start a new venture!
My advice to you is to incorporate, incorporate!
I don't know the UK Laws but by incorporating you will protect your personal assets!
really a very good idea, I'm eyeing with doing this myself but I'm always not brave enough ... maybe I will do, too in the future! wishing you all the best!
Congrats! I've always wanted you to shop for me so this is perfect!
Wowee! Good luck. I have already added your soon-to-be-launched shop to my favourites and will enjoy browsing there. YOu may get some inspiration from my own Etsy shop of vintage items & who know? perhaps we can even swap!!
Fantastic idea, Sharon. I think this kind of business will be ideal for a gifted lady like you. I will do a lot of advertising for you. Great! Ciao. A.
Amazing! good luck with everything!
HOW WONDERFUL & so exciting and fab!!
It sounds so exciting! Good luck.
It's about time Sharon! You've found such amazing pieces since you started this blog so it seems only natural to start your own Etsy and Ebay store! Good luck!!
the cherry blosson tree is SO PRETTY@!
My heartfelt good wishes to you on following your dreams. You go girl! I am so happy for you. So many of us dream of doing what we love, but so few among us have the courage. The cherry blossom tree must be such a lovely sight.
How fantastic! I wish you every success. Although judging by your knack of picking up amazing thrifts you may not need it.
You have such an excellent eye. Whenever I go to a boot sale or charity shop, I see a load of smelly acrylic horrors. But I bet if you went into the exact same shops, you would pick up the only decent thing in there that I'd totally overlooked! All the best, and I'm sure to be buying from your Etsy store!
How exiting! Good luck, and I will definitely be one of your customers, you find the best things!


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Harpers Bizarre - Witchi Tai To
July terminates
I will be off on my annual pilgrimage soon to the Land of Disenchantment and out of radio commission.
So I guess I better spiel now, not that I got much in the quiver.
Today was bill pay day, after I first made a little deposit towards the account of "past karmic sins" to those good native americans over at Casino Pauma.
Had a nice breakfast there anyway. Didn't get scalped too bad.
I hate wasting a pretty postage stamp on the power company or the car mortgage people so I tend to put their stamps upside down in a feeble sign of protest. We all do what we can.
My four cents that I purportedly owed ATT ballooned up to twenty cents with interest and penalties this month and I decided to waste a stamp and pay it rather than incurring more exponential wrath. Sort of ridiculous.
Went to a liberal birthday party in Fallbrook last night. Dave and Robin played. Very well as usual.
The host and hostess had a very cool Trump piñata that people were encouraged to have their way with. I gave it a few whacks and split. Wouldn't feel comfortable eating candy that originated in his innards.
Californians, we're different. That is why we are here and you are there.
Wish me luck and I will wish you luck. Wait I will do it first. Good luck and dog bless.
Fallbrook Poetry Slam
My friend Paige is starting a poetry slam at the Espresso Lounge. All interested wordsmiths with any or no experience at all are encouraged to participate.
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Fred Young
My friend Fred Young comes from a long family line of photographers in his native Idaho. Yet I think it is fair to say that he himself came to serious photography fairly late. He has worked extremely hard and made great strides. Fred has become a great and creative portrait photographer, pretty quickly in my opinion.
Frankly, I am quite jealous. Beautiful work. In his DNA.
View from Signal Mountain
BOOKER ERVIN the muse (1968)
Great Googley Moogly.
Google has been very good to me. I have three google blogs that I am associated with, including this one. It is a free space for me to work in, unsupported by ads.
I have written or shared over six thousand posts in the last nine years with many wonderful readers, many of whom became friends.
I am now approaching 10 million Google views, whatever the hell that means.
And if Google wants, poof, it all vanishes in the wink of an eye.
Read this. Roxanne Gay wrote a nice piece today, the blog that disappeared. A poor sucker ran afoul of the gendarmes. Gone. No judge or jury, it is of course google's rules so we must take extra care to be especially nice to them.
I just backed up my entire Blue Heron Blast output in an XML file. If I croak or get deleted perhaps some poor future archaeologist will humor my memory and give it a look one day, presupposing that someone will still be able to read an XML file.
Robin Adler
Spellcheck alley
Rich prick, and a tightwad too.
Donald Trump is mad at that "little guy," Michael Bloomberg. He says that he even wants to hit him. Bloomberg had some rather rich and pithy words for the GOP nominee the other night:
"I built a business, and I didn't start it with a million-dollar check from my father," the billionaire said, referring to the money Trump's father loaned him to start his first business.
Bloomberg, who like Trump is a New York businessman and who almost threw his hat in the ring for the presidency in 2016, slammed Trump's business practices and argued that they would be dangerous to the US economy.
"Trump says he wants to run our nation like he runs his business? God help us," Bloomberg said to thunderous agreement from the crowd. "I'm a New Yorker, and I know a con when I see one."
He added: "The richest thing about Donald Trump is his hypocrisy."
Michael Bloomberg is the eighth richest man in the world with an estimated net worth of 38 billion dollars. Donald Trump is estimated to be worth about a tenth of that, although one writer thinks his real worth is far, far lower and has been sued by the Donald for saying so.
Not sure if Bloomberg wants to get in the ring with Trump (who was reportedly quite the brawler in military school) but I am pretty sure that he isn't scared of the guy in the least.
Great article at Business Insider today, Trump seems especially mad at Mike Bloomberg, and any New Yorker could tell you why.
Any New Yorker can tell you why. It's because Trump has spent decades ignoring one of the cardinal rules of being publicly rich in this town: If you must flaunt your money, then you must also give it away in large sums.
If you don't, then you'll spend your life feeling like an outsider, building resentment against those who should be your set. And that's exactly what Trump has done.
Turns out that Trump is pretty stingy. While Bloomberg has already given away over $3 billion dollars, Trump has been a real tightwad. Less than 10k in seven years according to the WaPo.
"The Post contacted 167 charities searching for evidence of personal gifts from Trump in the period between 2008 and this May. The Post sought out charities that had some link to Trump, either because he had given them his foundation's money, appeared at their charity galas or praised them publicly.
"The search turned up just one donation in that period — a 2009 gift of between $5,000 and $9,999 to the Police Athletic League of New York City.
"In all, when the $1 million gift to veterans is added to his giving through the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Trump has given at least $3.8 million to charity since 2001. That is a significant sum, although not among billionaires. For example, hedge fund titan Stanley Druckenmiller, just behind Trump on Forbes's rankings of net worth, gave $120 million to his foundation in 2013 alone."
Trump is now backtracking on his promise to release his tax returns. Word is that he is heavily entangled with the Russians, so it is not hard to see why he is acting like Moscow's boy.
Farmer and Adele
My longtime friends and neighbors Jerry and Adele have quite the house.
They used to have a tour and craft faire on the ranch every year billed as the Farmer and Adele.
Jerry is a retired high school math teacher and a very fine artist and craftsperson.
The house is a wonder. You have to cross a bridge over a waterfall to reach the living room.
A miniature train runs through the ceiling of nearly every room.
Sisyphus pushes a rock up on the south side, there is something similar on the east side.
Adele's profile is created by a classic illusion on another wall, her hair defined by the leafy sculpture.
A pile of letters spells out all the family members names including his daughter and her husband. If I remember correctly her name is Ashley so you should be able to figure out her husband's name.
And creates another illusion in the evening.
You meet some very far out and creative people out in the country!
Quicksilver Girl
The talented Nellie McKay does a lovely job on this old favorite by Steve Miller.
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Little girl blue
Three Pictures
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
John Mayall & Freddie Robinson - Country Road
Egret color study
Bouncing around the room
Ethan Dean
Boy gets wish, becomes garbage man for a day. Awesome story, cool kid.
Great commercial, thanks Bill for sending. These Volkswagens are certainly tough.
If you are going to get pissed off at your partner and get out of the car, please don't do it at a safari park. You don't want to die mad.
These puritanical Bernie supporters are such boobs. Definitely doing the Donald a favor. Vote for Jill Stein, you idiots and then when you get the next Trump appointed Clarence Thomas overturning Roe V. Wade you can feel like you contributed.
Don't let the perfect interfere with the good.
Bernie supporters are like petulant babies, pouting because they can't have everything they want.
John Kerry did himself no favors when he recently said that the threat of climate change was just as bad as ISIS.
While that may in fact be true, this administration continually falls all over itself diminishing the magnitude of the threats of the islamic "jv" team. It looks to many like they are in fact covering for them.
Because the liberal conceit is that every culture is equally fantastic (except of course for the nazis in Tel Aviv) and that the few stragglers can be loved to death with some of Loretta Lynch's home cooking.
We couldn't be engaged in a struggle with a theology and culture that has sworn to destroy us, could we?
Siamak Namazi
And it looks like our buddies the Iranians have been playing a nice double game and harboring Al Qaeda.
Iran also recently arrested an Iranian American who was in fact a U.S. citizen who decided to visit relatives in the old country. Not the first time this has happened. Bad move.
Iran says if you have Iranian blood than you are an Iranian. And they don't respect a a lot of rights we take for granted, like right to change your religion and the right of free thought.
Poor guy. Not like Obama will do much to muddy the waters at this stage of the game.
And things aren't much better in Pakistan. Read this one.
I hope that Madame Hillary continues to have no qualms in calling islamic terrorism by its rightful name.
If Vladimir, Donald's bro-pal in Moscow, is actually responsible for pipelining DNC communications to the media in order to influence the election, it is a treasonous and nasty bit of news. What kind of quid pro quo will he demand if Trump gets elected? Although Obama pretty much signaled that he would look the other way too if Moscow decided it wanted the Ukraine back.
Peter Theil tells the world how proud he is to be gay at the GOP convention. Like me going to a KKK meeting and talking about my bar mitzvah.
You know who was really responsible for the Nice and Munich attacks? Well ex Georgia Democratic Congresswoman and Green Party member Cynthia McKinney does. Guess?
Funny that Obama was apoplectic about Netanyahu accepting an invitation to address Congress. Because according to a bipartisan Senate report, it turns out that at the same time we were spending big money in Israel to throw Netanyahu out of office through the NGO One Voice. Hypocrisy is a funny thing.
"The subcommittee found no evidence that OneVoice spent grant funds to influence the 2015 Israeli elections," the report concludes. "Soon after the grant period ended, however, OneVoice used the campaign infrastructure and resources built, in part, with State Department grant funds to support V15."
The Senate report also says the State Department "failed to take any steps to guard against the risk that OneVoice could engage in political activities using State-funded grassroots campaign infrastructure after the grant period."
Finally I don't want to be that old guy always bitching about the wussified millennials so I offer the following study without editorial comment. Weak hands, weak minds, millennials losing grip.
and speaking of losing your grip...
Leslie brought home a pair of beautiful young kittens the other day. A brother and sister, with strong wild cat markings. Very nice cats, they made themselves right at home on my couch. We haven't been outside yet but soon. Names too. Didn't feel quite complete without a cat in our home so things are now moving back to the natural order.
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Dos gardenias para ti
Desert Solitaire
Musselman Arch, Canyonlands © Robert Sommers 2016
"I fixed myself another drink, returned to the table in the backyard and sat down to await the rising of the moon.
My thoughts were on the road and the crowds that would pour upon it as inevitably as water under pressure follows every channel which is opened to it.
Man is a gregarious animal, we are told, a social being. Does that mean that he is also a herd animal? I don't believe it, despite the character of modern life. The herd is for ungulates, not for men and women and their children.
Are men no better than sheep or cattle, that they must live always in view of one another in order to feel a sense of safety? I can't believe it.
We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a new meaning in the phrase to live like men.
At what distance should good neighbors build their houses? Let it be determined by the communities mode of travel: if by foot, four miles; if by horseback, eight miles; if by motorcar, twenty-four miles; if by airplane, ninety six miles.
Recall the Proverb: "Set not thy foot too often in thy neighbor's house, lest he grow weary of thee and hate thee.""
Desert Solitaire, a season in the wilderness pg. 58
Foggy Notion
One way ticket, man
Road from the shore, 1936 - Benton Spruance
I was having coffee with the fellas when I saw the blinking colored lights in front of my shop this morning. One, two, three, four, five cop cars showed up, all parked akimbo on the street like random pickup sticks. Interested in the commotion, I walked over and asked a cop what was up?, after a quick glance confirming the still inviolate state of our shops.
The sheriff said that a guy was trying to break into a car. Said the voices told him to. Neighbor watched it going down and called 911. The distinct impression I got was meth.
I told the other shopkeepers the story when they came to work and it turns out it is not the first time for this guy. Someone caught him in a friend's car. The story was the same; he was directed to, by some outside presence, an entity whose identity is not really clearly defined.
This kind of story gives me the willies. Call me old fashioned but I would rather we had a guy steal because he was hungry than from a guy with a cauterized neural network that is receiving cryptic messages from mission control. Because how will we know when our Manchurian candidate finally gets the long awaited kill command?
Meth and opiate users are a sad, forsaken bunch, Marooned on a very cold and inhospitable planet, in a dark tunnel of pure self interest, not sure if any of them ever truly make it back.
In other news I hear that strange black helicopters are flying over Santa Margarita.
Leslie wanted to know if I wanted to go see Phish tonight in Chula Vista. I said sure and then asked about the price of tickets. Ninety five bucks a ticket she tells me. I quickly did a cost benefit analysis calculation and in the end decided not to.
Good band but I'm not sure I would have two hundred bucks worth of fun. Couldn't handle the guilt if I didn't.
I saw my first rock concert in Texas in 1966, believe it was the 13th Floor Elevators. Canned Heat in New York soon to follow. Probably cost two bucks a ticket. Went to plenty of great shows in the 1970's for well under ten bucks, including my all time favorite, Jethro Tull's Thick as a brick.
You could see the freaking Doors for two bucks.
So I am going to spend two hundred bucks a seat to sit on uncomfortable chairs at Humphrey's and listen to Steely Dan?
I think not. Great band but no way.
I believe that the price of a ticket for one of my all time fave shows, Rolling Stones - Mick's Birthday, MSG, 1972 was $5.50. Stevie Wonder sat in admirably on drums.
Not sure what drove ticket prices up so high but things are really out of hand. I did pay four hundred smackers to see Bowie once but it was at a period in my life when I had more money than sense.
I think that the culprit is the continuing digitalization of the world. Musicians can no longer sell records because it is easier for people to steal music so artists are forced to charge exorbitant prices for concerts.
Same process if of course affecting my business, the art business. If I had a dime for every time someone has told me that they won't buy original art, since it is so easy to score a perfect reproduction and who would know the difference?
Got burned recently myself at an estate sale in La Jolla run by a lady named MacDonald. Bought a perfect Munakata fake. Signature looked great under a loop. I wasn't the only one. Steve bought several, was nailed for a lot of money and I think Don got burned too.
MacDonald wouldn't make it right, said we all should have known. Stopped returning phone calls. I think she had a duty to tell us she was selling fakes. I won't make that mistake again.
Yucca farm, Gavilan Mountain
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Blues 12-1-73
The Dead only played this Merle Haggard song publicly one time, at the Boston Music Hall. I was there, believe it was a three day run, with Paul Shore, Hank Meer, and Richie Patrick, but alas, never got to hear it. They played the tasty jam during the afternoon sound check and never again.
Frisbee action at the shows was fierce in 73. I dropped a disk off my fingertips from the upper balcony at this one, to a collective groan from the audience. My first big failure on the grand stage...
Heading West
Last night I thought I would take my new neutral density filter to the Oceanside Pier to get some sunset shots. Things didn't quite work out, there was no parking anywhere on account of a street fair on Tremont. Since I was on the coast, I called a buddy Gary, one of my greatest allies and friends, and offered to buy him a steak dinner. He was ready to get a taco somewhere else but readily assented and drove over to meet me.
Gary and I have made each other some good money over the years. Very hard to function in my business without relying on people that you can trust. I can trust him.
So we headed over to West Steakhouse in Carlsbad, not the Bistro, the fancy one. The place is pricey, but top notch. Staff is excellent, food is excellent, wouldn't want to spend a lot of time picking the meal apart.
We both ordered absolute greyhounds, his of the salted dog variety. I ordered a cowboy bone in rib chop medium rare with two sauces, bernaise and a peppercorn reduction I think. You pay extra for the sauces at West. Perfectly cooked brussel sprouts and truffle potatoes.
Gary asked them if they had any of that fine Kobe Wagyu beef that he remembered from a previous visit? The kind that gets regular massages and spa treatments before it makes the ultimate sacrifice? The server said that they in fact did but that the culinary extravagance was not listed on the regular menu.
It was at that point that I interjected. "You know I told my friend that I was buying and that he could order anything he wanted so mind you this question is purely academic, but just how much is that overcoddled cut of beef?"
"Ninety five dollars."
If I winced I think it was only a passing moment of pain. I don't think I did. I didn't have a second thought in any case, as I said Gary has been very good to me. Now my own steak was certainly not cheap but I have never paid close to a c note for a steak, even at the foofy places in Vegas.
He loved it. Turns out that the cow in question was not only regularly massaged, the massages usually had a happy ending and it was then finally dispatched while at the height of full coital rapture. The richly marbled steak was literally coursing with happy dopamines.
My friend was happy, I was happy, the cow was apparently happy, a very happy meal.
down the mountain
The "Oh Shit" factor
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Asimov's three laws of robotics
This morning I was ruminating about the guy who was killed watching the Harry Potter movie in his Tesla while operating the car in full autonomous mode.
I myself don't even like cruise control, I like to be in full control and maintain as much awareness as I can at all times in my vehicle. Full auto pilot would certainly be a leap of faith for me.
I used to think that the toughest thing to teach a robot or artificial intelligence would be humor, an essentially human element which is said to spring from pain on some level.
Not sure how many jokesters there are in the animal kingdom, probably even less among the machine set.
And while that may be so, I think it would be equally difficult to plug in the human emotion of fear.
According to Tesla's account of the crash, the car's sensor system, against a bright spring sky, failed to distinguish a large white 18-wheel truck and trailer crossing the highway.
Tesla said the self-driving car attempted to drive full speed under the trailer "with the bottom of the trailer impacting the windshield of the Model S." Probably didn't slow down a smidge.
I am sure that the self driving vehicle went merrily to its doom, the self preservation gene not yet wired into its resistor or component package. Tremendous motivator, fear.
My favorite writer, the late Roger Zelazny, saw this phenomenon coming years ago. He wrote two short stories that I can think of off the top of my head that dealt with the issue, Last of the Wild Ones and My lady of the diodes. You can find them both in the compendium Unicorn Variations.
In the first Zelazny deals with a renegade car, a female with a strong taste for revenge. She morphs into a computer in the latter story. Shared another human attribute that is apparently also a favorite of our robot brethren, betrayal. When the AI starts developing a bitchy mean streak, all bets are off.
99 Years And One Dark Day
Decker and Skinner and the Blue Ridge Cut Ups perform the old Jesse Fuller prison song.
When I First Came To This Land
That big sinking feeling.
The New York Times has a rather emphatic editorial today, The most extreme Republican platform in memory. It bears reading.
...It is as though, rather than trying to reconcile Mr. Trump's heretical views with conservative orthodoxy, the writers of the platform simply opted to go with the most extreme version of every position. Tailored to Mr. Trump's impulsive bluster, this document lays bare just how much the G.O.P. is driven by a regressive, extremist inner core.
Mr. Trump's anti-Muslim phobia and fantasy wall across the Mexican border are front and center, along with his protectionist views, which deny long-held positions of the party. No less alarming is a raft of planks that ideologues pushed through to banish any notion of moderation and present-day reality from the party's credo.
This majority has triumphed in securing retrograde positions that include making no exceptions for rape or women's health in cases of abortion; requiring the Bible to be taught in public high schools; selling coal as a "clean" energy source; demanding a return of federal lands to the states; insisting that legislators use religion as a guide in lawmaking; appointing "family values" judges; barring female soldiers from combat; and rejecting the need for stronger gun controls — despite the mass shootings afflicting the nation every week.
The platform also makes homophobia and the denial of basic civil rights to gays, lesbians and transgender people a centerpiece. It repudiates same-sex marriage, despite strong support for this constitutional right in the nation at large. The party invokes "natural marriage" and states' rights for determining which bathrooms transgender people may use, and it defends merchants who would deny service to gay customers.
I would rather not wade into the fetid swamp of personality politics, I prefer to talk about the issues that concern me. The GOP platform is anathema to my core beliefs in almost every instance.
Things are evidently so bad that even George Will is sounding objective and clear about the foolhardiness of the GOP position and his fear of a Trump at the helm. This editorial started running nationally on Sunday, GOP minds are at sea — but not the right one.
This week, the Republican Party will formalize its judgment that the Navy, the nuclear launch codes and other important things should be placed in the hands of someone not known for nuance, patience or interest in allies and collective security.
Americans, dismayed by two consecutive commanders in chief — the recklessness of one and the inconstancy of his successor — must now decide whether, and if so how and by whom, they want U.S. power to be projected.
In the South China Sea, says Secretary Carter, America must steel itself for "a long campaign of firmness, and gentle but strong pushback." This will require freedom of navigation assertions, involving naval and air operations that challenge, among other things, China's expansive claims to sovereignty over islands and waters far from its mainland.
If the next president does not conduct such operations with steady, measured skill, the result could be the collapse of America's position in the world's most populous, dynamic and perhaps dangerous region, or war. Is any of this on anyone's mind in Cleveland?
If you are the Republican standard bearer and your positions are so whacked out that George Will feels the need to call you out publicly, and Alex Jones becomes one of your convention spokesmen, when your only hope of victory is stoking the fires of the race war and engaging poorly educated and somewhat angry white people, I would say that your party is in serious trouble.
The Lou Holtz endorsement is priceless. Vote for Trump because the man runs an awfully nice golf course and will do his best to keep the dreaded game of soccer away from America.
"Become us" and learn English, Holtz reportedly urged recent arrivals to the U.S.
"I don't want to become you," he said, as quoted by the Daily Beast. "I don't want to speak your language, I don't want to celebrate your holidays, I sure as hell don't want to cheer for your soccer team!"
Holtz endorsed Trump ahead of the Indiana primary in May, but made no mention of the GOP candidate's comments on immigrants when doing so. Instead, he applauded the "first class" quality of Trump's properties.
"There are nothing but winners in Indiana," he said in a Twitter video announcing his support. "The main reason I'm endorsing him: I played on his golf course, I stayed in his hotel. He does nothing but go first class in everything. He wants this country to be first class as well."
I may not exactly be a history whiz but if my memory doesn't fail, the first language spoken in the Americas that was not a native american dialect was not English but in fact Spanish.
1973 Sekine SHC - 276
My friend Wild Bill has just completed a wonderful restoration of a vintage Japanese road bike.
It was fairly thrashed when he got it, note the upright handlebars in the pics below, like my old red Schwinn english racer.
The manufacturer was named Sekine and they were once quite popular in Canada.
Originally a five speed, the 276 featured no front derailleur. Bill converted this one into a one speed and lost the fancy name plate on the rear wheel.
Sekine was an outfit that got its start in Japan, but in an effort to avoid high tariffs, partnered with Canadian and First Family companies, relocated to Canada in 1973. They were known for using quality components and with the exception of rims, parts were made out of alloys.
Bill is an artist and he did a fantastic job, which he does pretty much on everything he touches. Powder coated it, spiffed it from top to bottom.
Bill is an avid rider and I think he will be putting some miles on this one.
Little Bob and the Lollipops
THE HOLLIES I Can't Let Go
Thinking good thoughts
Light sculptor
Walls of Fire
Koko Taylor - I Got What It Takes
Livestock waterer, Green River
You don't impose on Billy the Kid.
Can't let go
Adoration of the enlightened Venus
seven12
Geronimo's Cadillac
Pancho rides again...
Solar Tower, Mojave - Color version
Twin Stearman's off Torrey Pines
Lenticular homage to Charles Capps
Don't Do It
Richie Barrett - Some Other Guy (1962)
Vertical virgin view from my vantage
Utah Roadie
stoned love
Crummy neighbors
Pancho Clark
Loggerheads
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Q: discord.js TypeError "Cannot read property 'execute' of undefined" I get the "Cannot read property 'execute' of undefined"
this is the command in the index.js file
const Discord = require("discord.js")
const client = new Discord.Client()
const config = require("./config.json")
const fs = require("fs")
client.commands = new Discord.Collection();
const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./cmds/').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
for(const file of commandFiles){
    const command = require(`./cmds/${file}`)

    client.commands.set(command.name, command)
}
//client.on//
client.on('ready', () =>{
    console.log("The client is ready!")
})
let prefix = config.prefix;
client.on("message", (message) => {
  if(message.author.bot) return;
  if (!message.content.startsWith(prefix)) return;

  const args = message.content.slice(prefix.length).trim().split(/ +/g);
  const command = args.shift().toLowerCase();

  if(command === 'pnig') {
        client.commands.get('ping').execute(message, args);
  }
});
client.login(config.token)

and this is the one on the ping.js one
const discord = require("discord.js")
module.exports = {
    name: 'ping',
    description: 'pong?',
     execute(message, args) {
        message.channel.send('pong!')
    }
}

can you tell me whats wrong with my code?

A: The error to your code is actually the wrong spelling. You see, you put pnig instead of ping which makes the exception handling say that .execute isn't defined.
  if(command === 'pnig') {
        client.commands.get('ping').execute(message, args);
  }

The simple fix to this is the following:
if(command === 'ping') {
        client.commands.get('ping').execute(message, args);
  }

Hope you enjoy!

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2013-04-03 Berkery Noyes Releases Software Industry M&A Report For First Quarter 2013
NEW YORK — April 3, 2013 — Berkery Noyes, an independent mid-market investment bank, today released its Q1 2013 mergers and acquisitions trend report for the Software Industry. The report analyzes M&A activity in the Software Industry during Q1 2013 and compares it with the past four quarters.
Transaction volume declined seven percent on a quarter-to-quarter basis. Meanwhile, deal value in Q1 2013 decreased 53 percent over Q4 2012, from $15.8 billion to $7.4 billion. There was one software transaction above the $1 billion threshold, compared to three such deals in Q1 2012.
The top ten largest transactions accounted for 41 percent of the industry's aggregate value in Q1 2013, compared to 60 percent in Q1 2012. Each of the ten highest value software deals in Q1 2013 was completed by a strategic acquirer. Cisco made one of the industry's largest deals in the quarter, acquiring Intucell for $475 million. Aside from its $5 billion acquisition of NDS Group in Q1 2012, this was Cisco's largest Software Industry transaction since it acquired Starent Networks for $2.4 billion in Q4 2009.
The Niche Software segment, which is targeted to specific vertical industries, underwent a six percent decrease in Q1 2013. Finance and healthcare transactions in the segment represented five of the top ten highest value software deals in Q1 2013. As for the finance vertical, SAP made a move in the insurance market with its acquisition of Camilion. Oracle, one of SAP's main rivals, acquired Skywire and AdminServer in the Insurance subsector back in 2008. Oracle has a history of making acquisitions to enter new verticals, as demonstrated by its Q4 2012 acquisition of DataRaker in the Energy sector.
The segment that experienced the largest quarterly gain in volume was Consumer Software, which increased 28 percent over the past three months. At the same time, M&A in the Business Software segment remained nearly constant with 66 transactions. After rising 65 percent between Q3 2012 and Q4 2012, deal activity in the Infrastructure Software segment fell 45 percent in Q1 2013.
In addition, there were several industry deals completed by notable acquirers that focused on voice recognition technology. This included Amazon.com's acquisition of Ivona Software and Google's acquisition of DNNresearch.
The evolution of cloud computing also remains central to many company's approach to M&A. For example, Amazon Web Services acquired cloud management start-up Peritor, VMware acquired virtualization business Virsto Software, and Oracle acquired cloud infrastructure company Nimbula in Q1 2013.
"Cloud computing and the ability to leverage big data in the cloud is driving M&A activity, said James Berkery," Chief Information Officer at Berkery Noyes. "There were several first quarter deals highlighting this trend, including Rackspace's acquisition of ObjectRocket and Actian's announced merger with Pervasive Software." Berkery continued, "Information technology providers are also looking for software solutions to help make sense of semi-structured and unstructured data. IBM's recent acquisitions of Star Analytics and StoredIQ, as well as Dell's acquisition of Kitenga in Q4 2012, are just a few relevant examples."
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What's got 70 legs and hoots like an owl? Britain's newest (and oddest) supergroup.
What do Echo and the Bunnymen, Super Furry Animals and an obscure group called The Land of Nod have in common apart from the fact that some of their members have been known to gather in a courtyard with the model Catalina Guirado and hoot like owls? They've all supplied artists to what's possibly the strangest pop group of all time.
The Serpents describe themselves as a "35-piece Anglo-Welsh supergroup", and also include members of The Christians, The Teardrop Explodes and writer Jon Savage, along with lots of lesser-known musicians, mostly from Wales. But while some Serpents have acquainted themselves with the top 20, it is unlikely that their debut album, You Have Just Been Poisoned By The Serpents will cause All Saints many sleepless nights. This is just too original and revolutionary a pop statement.
Recorded in two 48-hour jam sessions a year apart, the album boasts of "musicians working on the fringes of unpopular music" and "instruments" that include wine glasses, electronic toys, a pneumatic drill and a Tibetan singing bowl. As if that wasn't odd enough, it also features a mysterious celebrity guest who for legal reasons is forced to use the pseudonym Merlin Zol, and three "unknown musicians" who were discovered playing in a burial chamber. More to the point, the music's strangely good mostly somewhere between Can and Spiritualized, although Flowers In The Cellar updates Pink Floyd's classic Meddle.
But a pneumatic drill? Songs called Lunatic Tester and Seirff's Up? Cloaks and funny hats? Is this as The Serpents claim a statement against the over-processed, marketing and money-led nature of current pop music and in favour of experimentation, improvisation and "the candle-lit world of Anglo-Welsh surrealism", or something very, very silly?
In the event, just three Serpents arrive at the station. Ann Matthews of Welsh popsters Ectogram smiles sweetly. Alan Holmes (of the same group) grins disturbingly, and David Wrench (the Ankst label's only artiste) wears the presumably obligatory funny hat. "It's a short drive from here," says Ann, before they bundle me into a battered car and start discussing The Wicker Man, a mystical film about human sacrifice.
"Eric Clapton replaced Laurie in The Yardbirds," says Wrench, casually.
A door leads to the studio's "live room", lit up by stained-glass windows salvaged from an old church and containing the original drum kit used on the Soft Machine and Syd Barrett albums. Dotted around are some of the strange instruments used on The Serpents' disc. As several band members gather around for tea, we're joined by Tess, a bounding black labrador.
"Mine was a goat's liver," grins David Wrench, proudly.
Henry Priestman from The Christians not only brought a marimba from a car boot sale, but also the sultry Ms Guirado, who's more usually known for saying "Sorry, love, you're just not my type" as the "Gorgeous Girl" on TFI Friday.
However, musically it wasn't all plain sailing. Some tunes came out of thin air because of "the magic of the area". But there was a particular problem with a song where the band all stood in the studio courtyard, hooting like owls.
As the line-up and their minds expanded (fuelled by a terrifying local homebrew known as Satan's Sperm), so did the recording locations. Getting 35 people into one room at the same time proved a bit tricky (they managed 25), so sessions expanded beyond the studio and its courtyard. Bunnyman Will Sergeant holed up with his guitar and gadgets in the treehouse in the garden, while others dropped microphones down a nearby well. Mike from Longstone took to recording the "ambience" of the nearby Flowers Brewery (strangely, he was there rather a long time). While a core of musicians worked on actual songs, "atmospheres" were taken from a crypt in a ruined sixth-century chapel in Anglesey.
"Acoustically it was very interesting," says Alan Holmes, sagely.
Admittedly, nine hours of tape was distilled down to 70 minutes, but mostly, You Have Just Been Poisoned works because of the "real empathy" between the musicians. For most, such as Bunnyman Will Sergeant, being in The Serpents provided a sense of freedom not found in the traditional music business.


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The two boys find themselves gradually becoming attracted to each other's songs and hopes.


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A bond is commonly known as a "mortgage" in many countries, and the world bond more commonly assocaited with investments. In South Africa a bond refers to a home loan. A bond is simply a loan made by a third party, typically a bank, to the owner or prospective owner of a property.
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NB When this is the case, obtaining of a suitable bond should be set out as one the suspensive conditions of any offer to purchase that is made.
Often a bond represents the cheapest access to capital, via a loan, that a homeowner can take. In the event that the homeowner has built up debt at high interest rates it may be possible to release some of the equity in their property to repay these debts. The process followed is very similar to that of house purchase but obviously in this instance the house is already owned.
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With the advent of large increases in the value of property in South Africa many homeowners have large amounts of equity built up in their properties. This equity may be released (subject to a lenders approval) and subsequently used as a deposit or indeed to fully finance the purchase of a second property, possibly for investment purposes or a holiday home.
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Father-and-son bloodlines part of the NHL's DNA
By Kevin McGranSports Reporter
Thu., June 22, 2017timer3 min. read
CHICAGO—In a way, it almost seems like as if it was Nolan Patrick's destiny to play in the NHL.
The presumptive first pick overall in Friday's first round of the NHL draft is after all the son of one NHLer, and the nephew of another.
"I don't think we're different from other families," Patrick said Thursday as some of the top picks cruised Lake Michigan. "Just because we're a hockey family, it doesn't mean we were talking hockey 24-7.
"But, yeah, my dad and uncle being former NHL players were huge for me growing up. They taught me so much."
Patrick's dad is Steve, a right winger who played 250 games for Buffalo, the Rangers and Quebec, retiring in 1986. His uncle was James, who played 1,280 games from 1984 to 2004 for the Rangers, Hartford, Calgary and Buffalo.
From the Apps to the Howes and from the Hulls to the Stastnys, the father-and-son bloodlines are a part of the NHL's DNA. It seems each draft is loaded with high-end talent in which the father has apparently passed the hockey gene on to the son.
Last year, three sons-of — Matthew Tkachuk, Alexander Nylander and Jacob Chycrun — went in the top 16. The year before, Jake Debrusk went 14th.
In 2014, there were more in the first round: Sam Reinhart, William Nylander, and Kasperi Kapanen. Even Leon Draisaitl's father was a pro in Europe.
This year, Adam Foote's son Callum will join Patrick in the first round.
"For me, it's a byproduct of hockey being a great game, and families are playing it," said Brian Lawton, a former NHLer and former general manager, who sees a competitive advantage for players whose fathers played pro.
"For the most part, the guys that have played hockey, their kids have a competitive advantage, like Tkachuk last year," said Lawton. "They didn't draft him because he's Keith Tkachuk's son. They valued that he would get it in terms of what it means to be a professional."
In Lawton's view, Matthew Tkachuk benefit from his father's tutoring, knowing that doing the little things better was the difference between staying in the NHL and returning to junior for another season, a distinct possibility for last year's fourth overall pick.
"(Keith) was very communicative about his experiences with Matthew. He was a guy that was right on the bubble for staying in the league, and he figured it out. He just made a conscious decision, it was right from his dad, to do everything you can to prove your value every day. For Matthew, he was finishing his checks, he had that extra hustle, that extra eighth of an inch. It was what he needed to keep himself in the NHL."
But something else is at play as well. The playing field these days isn't all that level. Hockey's an expensive sport.
"The players who played in the NHL have the financial resources," said Mark Seidel, chief scout for North American Central Scouting, an independent service. "The game has become so expensive, so specialized. You need financial resources so the kid can do whatever they need, like extra skating."
As well, the contacts the dad has built up over a career are also to the son's benefit: the best skating coach, the best skills coach, the best equipment.
And just think of the upbringing: the son playing in the family backyard rink is playing with someone with NHL skills.
"This game is all about relationships," said Seidel. "Say the kid is in atom, and the dad is an NHLer. The coach is excited. So he gets extra attention."
It all adds up. By the time the son is ready for the NHL, scouts and teams are ready for him.
"They know he's been subject of a lot of good coaching," said Seidel. "No one was going to draft Max Domi because he was Tie Domi's kid. But Max Domi was what he was because he was the son of an NHLer."
Nolan Patrick isn't sure about all that. The captain of the Brandon Wheat Kings says his parents helped him more off the ice than on.
"I don't think being the son (of an NHLer) makes me a better player. But they do give me good advice. I just have to do the work to be the player I am, and keep improving."


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Iran discloses steady cement and clinker export drop against rising production
Iran: Iran increased its cement production in the five months to 22 August 2019 to 23.1Mt, a 4.8% increase from 22.1Mt in the same period of 2018. In spite of this, the country's cement exports in these first five months of the Iranian year fell by 17% to 5.48Mt from 6.60Mt. Clinker exports fell by under 2%. Though still the World's number 10 cement producer, demand for Iran's cement is hampered by US trade sanctions. This has led the country to seek to improve sales in neighbouring countries, such as Afghanistan.
LafargeHolcim announces Euro145m investment in CO2 efficiency improvement
Switzerland: LafargeHolcim has revealed a Euro145m investment plan to reduce its CO2 emissions in Europe by 3Mt/yr, equivalent to 15% of its carbon footprint, by 2022. The investment will target advanced equipment and technology to increase the use of low-carbon fuels and materials.
Quinn Industrial Holdings Director Kevin Lunny found badly beaten after abduction
Ireland: Kevin Lunny, chief operating officer of Quinn Industrial Holdings, has suffered 'very severe but non-life-threatening injuries,' including facial injuries and broken leg, following his abduction from outside his home at 18:40pm on 17 September 2019. The UK-based company, whose Fermanagh/Cavan cement plant spans the UK-Irish border, has called on police on either side of the border to bring an end to the violence against its employees. In February 2019, a masked man attacked two Quinn Industrial Holdings executives at a Ballyconnell service station. Police have opened an investigation into the attack against Lunny.
Holcim Ecuador's Agrovial and Base Vial cements certified carbon neutral
Ecuador: Sambito, the Ecuadorian environmental consultant, has endorsed the certification of two LafargeHolcim cement products as carbon neutral. Metro Ecuador has reported that both Agrovial and Base Vial, prepared at low heats for foundations and roads respectively, have 54% lower emissions than 'traditional' cement. Carbon neutrality was achieved by Holcim Ecuador's ownership of the 6078 hectare Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, 2175 hectares of which suffices to offset the emissions from production of both products.


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I remember as a 9-year old, how I would sit in front of my boom box and record all of my favorite songs right off of the radio onto cassette. I must have had hundreds of cassettes in my bedroom. Then around 13 years old, it dawned on me…there are people who play music AS THEIR JOB! I grew up in Brooklyn, New York and listened to so many legendary DJ's along the way. The first time I heard my voice on the radio as a phone caller, I knew this was what I had to do for work and I'd do whatever it took to get there. I could listen to music all day and talk to people? AND they'd actually listen to me? Sign me up.
So, I started the journey to getting on the air by graduating with a degree in Communications from St. Francis College in Brooklyn. While there, I landed an internship at "Jammin' 105" in New York City and impressed a few people enough to get a part-time job after my internship was over. I made lots of demos and spent months fine-tuning my sound. I managed to make connections and score a weekend shift here in New Jersey, which 6 months later turned into a full-time night show in March of 2000. That's when "Kid Knight" was born.
Well, I'm not a "Kid" anymore but 18 years (and a few New Jersey radio stations) later, I'm thrilled to be here every afternoon playing Jersey's Greatest Hits on 100.1 WJRZ! Without you listening, I wouldn't be here. So for anyone who ever spent a few minutes here and there listening to me on the air, I thank you. You're why we all do what we do here at 'JRZ…otherwise, we're all just talking into a microphone at ourselves.


Pretty blondes Aquel and Staci take turns putting each other out then having their way with one another. The loser is stripped, oiled and repeatedly kissed. All the while she remains blissfully unaware of what is happening.
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Reports that Toyota is forced to recall 9 310 Hilux pickup trucks, which have a risk of incorrect deployment of airbags in an accident.
In the course of the service action, cars manufactured from September 2, 2011 to November 28, 2014, will be sent for repairs. For troubleshooting, these cars plan to replace the gas generator with the driver's airbag for free.
In the office, Toyota promises to notify all owners of the shares that fall under the action of the Hilux. In addition, to find out whether the car falls under the service campaign, you can on the site, where the list of VIN-numbers of all cars subject to repair is already published.


Sri Lanka struggled to post 193 in the first ODI against South Africa in Dambulla on Sunday after South African bowlers found their rhythm following a disappointing Test series.
Kusal Perera hit an enterprising 81 while all-rounder Thisara Perera made 49 to rescue the Sri Lankan innings, which was tottering at 36-5.
Pace ace Kagiso Rabada rattled the top order and finished with superb figures of 4-41 while left arm spinner Tabraiz Shamsi picked up 4-33 as Sri Lanka were bowled out in just 34.3 overs.
It was not the kind of effort Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews wanted after he decided to bat first after winning the toss. The Islanders, who won swept the Test series 2-0, were looking at getting their team combination right for next year's World Cup.


Someone over at HTC accidentally posted a video of a new concept smartphone from HTC called "Ocean". It looks like perhaps the video was intended to be private and only accessible internally, however, @evleaks re-uploaded the video on Twitter before the original source was taken down. And like clockwork, the video was taken down shortly after.
The video in question is a sizzle reel showing off a new smartphone that has no physical buttons, but rather uses touch sensors along the edges of the phone for inputting various gestures that translate to functions like changing volume, accessing Google's voice search, or it could even act as a camera shutter key without actually have a button there.
The video calls this technology "Sense Touch" which makes a whole lot of sense (hah) as the phonemaker's Android skin is called "HTC Sense". The reel doesn't even acknowledge that the device has two rear facing cameras, which was probably saved for its own separate reel.
9to5Google reached out to Danielle Vermeulen, someone who was directly involved with the reel (as it was hosted on a website with her name on it) to which she replied that the video represented "a conceptual piece and does not represent any real product from HTC,".
This kind of technology is yet to be seen on a smartphone (correct me if I'm wrong in the comments), we hope HTC does come out with this kind of feature in a future smartphone soon!
LOL! full metal body is being used in HTC since 2013 one M7. almost an year before iphone 6. if i remember right HTC legend was the first with metal body in 2010/11. APPLE STEALS!
wtf are you talking about? delusional apple fanboys. no docs / article to support your arguments.


The Lethbridge United Services Institute, in partnership with Exhibition Park, has announced a campaign to bring in a WWI monument to remember and honour veterans from Alberta. Chris Chacon reports.
The Lethbridge United Services Institute, in partnership with Exhibition Park, have announced a campaign to bring a monument to the city with historic significance. The goal is to not only display a monument to the First World War, but to remember and honour veterans from Alberta.
"We are pleased to announce and unveil a capital project recognizing the rich military history of Alberta," said Glenn Miller, president The Lethbridge United Services Institute.
Funds are being raised for the creation of a quarter-size bronze monument of six horses, towing an 18-pounder field gun, and will be on permanent display at Exhibition Park. The monument is expected to cost approximately $200,000 and organizations are reaching out to government, business and individuals for funding.
The monument will be modeled after the last gun to be fired in the First World War from the Lethbride 39th Battery. It's news a former member of the battery is proud to hear.
Having served as a reservist for 13 years, Graham hopes that this statue will remind younger generations what Canadian soldiers went through in defense of the country.


Home Blogs What does BREXIT mean for tech companies?
A few days after Britain voted for BREXIT, we are all coming to terms with the shock result. So what does BREXIT really mean for technology companies? The UK's tech sector was in favour of remaining in the European Union for good reason. The greatest concern is the ability for tech companies to hire talent and tap investment.
As member of the EU meant Britain could access talent from other member states. The key to the success of the UK tech sector is the bright minds the country has managed to attract – especially from the EU. This is where the biggest threat lies. For example, chip designer ARM is said to have about 200 non-UK EU staff.
For fin-tech companies the fact one could 'passport' regulate meant if you were regulated in the UK, you could use that licence across the EU. We do not know what will happen to either of these at this stage. Technological companies may well find headquarters in Paris, Munich or Madrid over London. Over the last few years London has grown its reputation as the best place in Europe to build a startup. But for the accelerators and start ups, it is still early days to have made any real impact yet.
If the pound continues to be weak against other currencies, the longer term imports of hardware and software will become more expensive.
I have two prospective clients in the technological sector, and it was interesting to get their view on Brexit. One is a Latvian based Fintech company thinking of relocating their headquarters to London. The CFO commented that whilst they had not discussed in detail internally how this vote will impact them, moving the headquarters and all the operations to the UK makes much less sense now. The other one is a US based online game maker, who were waiting to see what way the vote went before committing. They see the weakness in the pound as an 'interesting opportunity'. The current instability and uncertainty troubles them though.
Many UK tech companies will be defiant. They will strive and succeed anyway. Certainly the sector is certainly putting on a brave face….but most will say they could do without the uncertainty the next few years is likely to bring.


VTB Capital was confirmed as number one in the Thomson Reuters Russian investment banking league tables for 1H 2015. The bank took first place in both the ECM and DCM league tables by a substantial margin. Using their independent assessment of the market Thomson Reuters found that VTB Capital has significantly increased its market share of the investment banking market in Russia (ECM and DCM) to a record high level of 32.5%, up from 14.48% in 2014.
In DCM VTB Capital topped the Thomson Reuters rankings based on the volume of transactions for Russian issuers with more than four times the volume recorded by the #2 bank. Through 1H 2015, the company arranged 21 transactions for a total of US $7.059 billion. VTB Capital's share of the market by volume increased from 23.59% in 2014 to 62.9% in 1H 2015, a new record.
VTB Capital also ranked first in ECM in Russia having arranged four transactions in the first six months of 2015 and being credited with having raised a total of US $481 million of equity for Russian issuers. VTB Capital took a record 51.6% of the market by volume compared with 19.09% in 2014.
Riccardo Orcel, Deputy CEO of VTB Group and Head of Global Banking at VTB Capital, commented: "Despite the slow market conditions experienced in Russian investment banking during 1H 2015, VTB Capital's focus on supporting clients through both good and challenging times saw us excel across the business that did get done and allowed us to take market share from both international banks and other Russian banks. We have also continued to develop our business beyond Russia and 1H 2015 saw us engaged in M&A transactions in a number of countries including China, India, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Nigeria while in DCM we led international deals for issuers in Croatia, Azerbaijan and China. VTB Capital's market share in the main areas of investment banking in 2015 has increased significantly and we continue to actively pursue new opportunities. In particular, we have made strong progress in the Chinese market, where we have implemented a number of transactions, and are currently taking part in two cross-border M&A transactions. The Thomson Reuters results are a great acknowledgment of our achievements and reflect our desire to be the partner of choice in global banking".
VTB Capital has previously named Best Investment Bank in Russia by Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2015. VTB Capital has won the EMEA Finance Europe Banking Award for Best Local Investment Bank in Russia for 2014. In 2015 bne IntelliNews named VTB Capital the Best Bank for Debt Capital Markets in CEE and CIS. VTB Capital's research team has been ranked number one by the Extel Survey 2015. According to the Extel Survey 2015 VTB Capital was also named 'Best Equity Sales Firm in Russia' and 'Best Brokerage Firm in Russia'.


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Foreign Investment In Semiconductors: UK Government Investigates China-backed Acquisition Of Largest Wafer Manufacturer.
May 3, 2022 by Soniya BK
The UK foreign investment saga involving the acquisition by China-backed Nexperia of the UK's largest silicon wafer manufacturer, Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) continues, with the latest development being pressure from a US congressional committee about the need for the transaction to be urgently reviewed under UK foreign investment powers. This follows a critical report published by the UK Foreign Affairs Committee (Committee) expressing concerns that the Government's NSIA review of NWF had not, in fact, been started.
While the UK government has confirmed that it is reviewing the deal, recent commentary has also served to highlight once more the significance of semiconductors, and other essential components of electronic devices, in the battle for tech sovereignty and, ultimately, national security.
Nexperia (which was already Newport Wafer Fab's (NWF) second largest shareholder) acquired 100% of NWF's shares in July 2021 (see our previous post). In response to concerns raised at that time, the UK Prime Minister announced a security review of the acquisition.
On 14 July, the Committee published its final report, Sovereignty for Sale, in its inquiry examining the (then) proposed National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) regime. The report examined how certain foreign investments might pose a risk to national security, highlighted the possible risks associated with the acquisition of NWF, and called for Government intervention.
Subsequently, in his 22 July letter to Tom Tugendhat MP, Committee Chair Kwasi Kwarteng said of the NWF deal: "I want to reassure you that the Government has considered this issue thoroughly and will continue to monitor the situation closely." He also noted that consideration would be given to the Enterprise Act 2002 (which provides an ability for Government to issue a public interest intervention notice, "if relevant to the circumstances" arising in the matter.
At that stage, the UK's new far-reaching investment screening regime, the NSIA, had not yet come into force. However, the Government had powers to intervene under the Enterprise Act or, once the NSIA came into effect via the retrospective 'lookback' provision, as the share acquisition closed after 12 November 2020. The Government today still retains the ability to "call in" the transaction for review using the lookback provision under the NSIA, which entered into force in January 2022. Cut to nine months later, when reports emerged that the Government had decided not to intervene. Despite Nexperia denying their accuracy, the reports nonetheless had the effect of triggering a flurry of concerns and press coverage.
These concerns were highlighted by the publication, on 5 April 2022, of a report on the takeover by the Committee. The Committee stated that it had been forced to conclude that a review had not in fact been started, and it expressed its concern "about the Government's apparent lack of appetite to use the powers at its disposal to protect British companies in this industry".
It concluded with a series of demands:
"We ask that the Government set out the circumstances in which the National Security Adviser is engaged in reviews under the National Security and Investment or Enterprise Acts; the reasons why the Prime Minister asked the NSA to undertake a review of Newport Wafer Fab; why the NSA did not undertake such a review; and for an update on the nature of the continued monitoring by the Investment Security Unit."
On the following day the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) confirmed that a review is, in fact, taking place and that the acquisition is "being considered very closely". However, Lord Callanan explained that as this is a quasi-judicial decision that will be taken by the Business Secretary under the powers granted to him by the NSIA, he was unable to comment further on the details of the review.
In addition, Lord Callanan confirmed that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is working on a semiconductor strategy that will be published shortly to improve the supply of semiconductors to key industries. The Government's decision could hang on these plans – in particular any recommendations in that report relating to the protection of the UK's domestic semiconductor industry may make an intervention inevitable.
In the latest twist to this saga, on 19 April nine members of US Congress (who are part of the US China Task Force) wrote to urge President Biden to "employ all necessary tools" to prevent the sale of NWF to Nexperia, including "engaging in direct diplomacy with the UK government" and even reconsidering the UK's "whitelist" status as an exempted foreign state by CFIUS (the US foreign investment regime).
The letter from Congress specifically raises concerns that Nexperia has support from state funds from China through JAC Capital and Wise Road Capital – and that CFIUS effectively blocked those entities from acquiring a US listed semiconductor maker last year. Congress members comment that the NWF deal is a "critical test case" of the UK Government's appetite to exercise its new powers in a manner that would be keeping with its whitelist status.
Concerns about foreign investment in semiconductors
It does not come as a surprise that the takeover of NWF is at the centre of heated debate. NWF is the UK's largest semiconductor manufacturer and the Committee has identified the takeover as "a cause for concern" given the importance of semiconductors to UK's national security.
New and emerging technologies have become a focus for foreign investment controls internationally and an area of growing interest for the UK Government. This has been particularly true of semiconductors, against the backdrop of a global semiconductor shortage.
This is reflected in the much-covered NSIA, which radically overhauls foreign investment screening in the UK and covers a range of technology related sectors as part of the mandatory notification regime, including certain semiconductors (which may fall within several mandatory NSIA sectors, in particular "Advanced Materials"). The Committee has also launched an inquiry into the interaction between technology and foreign policy.
The NWF furore follows hot on the heels of NVIDIA's decision to abandon its proposed acquisition of ARM in February 2022, which had been referred to the CMA for an in-depth investigation on the grounds of national security (and competition) concerns.
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Nicole Kar – Partner, Linklaters
"I have over 15 years of experience advising on all aspects of EU, UK and international competition law. I am viewed as clear-sighted with an ability to cut to the key issues very quickly, whilst taking account of clients' commercial imperatives and strategy."
Nicole is a partner in our Global Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group and head of our UK Antitrust & Foreign Investment practice. She is based in London and Dublin.
She has a strong and influential reputation in the market as a leading competition lawyer. Nicole has led on over 40 significant merger control investigations before the European and UK authorities and coordinates merger control proceedings worldwide on global transactions. Alongside her busy merger control practice, she is a highly regarded cartel specialist, advising on global investigations by competition, financial services and other regulators, compliance issues, self-reporting and consequential litigation. Nicole also regularly advises clients on market sector investigations and studies in the EU and the UK. Her broad practice has a particular focus on the financial services, retail, mining and healthcare sectors.
Nicole has significant experience advising private equity houses and financial sponsors on a range of competition law issues, in particular in relation to liability flowing from portfolio companies and investments.
Nicole co-heads Linklaters' Global Banking Sector Group and Trade Law Practice.
Highlights of matters on which Nicole has led include advising:
Amec Foster Wheeler plc on its £2.2bn acquisition by John Wood Group plc, which was successfully cleared in Phase 1 with remedies
Generic pharmaceutical clients in relation to the CMA's excessive pricing and conduct investigations
Dixons on its merger with Carphone Warehouse, successfully obtaining Phase I clearance from the European Commission
An oil major in relation to a successfully closed investigation in oil and gas benchmarks and U.S. follow-on damages aspects
Anglo American on the formation of the Lafarge/Tarmac JV the largest Phase II investigation ever undertaken by the former UK Competition Commission
The immunity applicant in the global marine hoses cartel which gave rise to the first UK prosecution of the criminal cartel offence
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Vladimir Anastasov holds an advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and another one in Environmental Sciences and Policy from the Central European University in Budapest.
He has experience in the field of industrial process engineering in Macedonia, mainly with the heavy industry, but also with manufacturing SMEs from other sectors. Later on, he has been involved in the promotion of environmental protection policies and systems in the United Nations.
He is currently working at UNIDO as a Project Coordinator for the SwitchMed, in charge of project management and support for technical implementation activities.


Gaven has just been independently ranked in the top 10 suburbs in Australia where buyers can buy a bargain by Riskwise Property Research. It's not surprising when you see what's on offer with this wonderful home.
This home has everything including space and lots of it. There are 5 bedrooms, multiple living areas both inside and out, 2 large sheds plenty of space for the kids and pets and a covered entertaining area second to none overlooking the inground swimming pool and sauna.
The owners have committed elsewhere, and this beautiful stylish home will be sold. Inspections will not disappoint.


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"use strict";

var readBodyBufferMiddlewareMock, tokenManagerMock, validateSignatureMiddlewareMock;

jasmine.routeTester("/account/_account-id/token/", (container) => {
    var validateRequestQueryMiddlewareMock;

    readBodyBufferMiddlewareMock = require("../../../../mock/middleware/read-body-buffer-middleware-mock")();
    tokenManagerMock = require("../../../../mock/manager/token-manager-mock")();
    validateRequestQueryMiddlewareMock = require("../../../../mock/middleware/validate-request-query-middleware-mock")();
    validateSignatureMiddlewareMock = require("../../../../mock/middleware/validate-signature-middleware-mock")();

    container.register("readBodyBufferMiddleware", readBodyBufferMiddlewareMock);
    container.register("tokenManager", tokenManagerMock);
    container.register("validateRequestQueryMiddleware", validateRequestQueryMiddlewareMock);
    container.register("validateSignatureMiddleware", validateSignatureMiddlewareMock);
}, (routeTester) => {
    it("exports POST and a name", () => {
        expect(Object.keys(routeTester.exports).sort()).toEqual([
            "name",
            "post"
        ]);
    });
    describe("POST", () => {
        beforeEach(() => {
            routeTester.req.params.accountId = "accountId";
            routeTester.req.headers["content-type"] = "application/octet-stream";
        });
        it("does not need any query parameters", () => {
            return routeTester.post("");
        });
        it("validates 'public' against a schema", () => {
            routeTester.req.query = {
                public: "true"
            };

            return routeTester.post("");
        });
        it("disallows an invalid 'public' value", () => {
            routeTester.req.query = {
                public: "TRUE"
            };

            return routeTester.post("").then(jasmine.fail, (err) => {
                expect(err).toBe(false);
            });
        });
        it("requires a signature", () => {
            return routeTester.post("").then(() => {
                expect(validateSignatureMiddlewareMock()).toHaveBeenCalled();
            });
        });
        it("reads the body", () => {
            return routeTester.post("").then(() => {
                expect(readBodyBufferMiddlewareMock()).toHaveBeenCalled();
            });
        });
        it("creates a public token", () => {
            routeTester.req.query = {
                public: "true"
            };

            return routeTester.post("body").then(() => {
                var args;

                expect(tokenManagerMock.createAsync).toHaveBeenCalled();
                args = tokenManagerMock.createAsync.calls.mostRecent().args;
                expect(args.length).toBe(3);
                expect(args[0]).toBe("accountId");
                expect(Buffer.isBuffer(args[1])).toBe(true);
                expect(args[1].toString("binary")).toBe("body");
                expect(args[2]).toEqual({
                    contentType: "application/octet-stream",
                    public: true
                });
            });
        });
        it("creates a private token", () => {
            return routeTester.post("body").then(() => {
                var args;

                expect(tokenManagerMock.createAsync).toHaveBeenCalled();
                args = tokenManagerMock.createAsync.calls.mostRecent().args;
                expect(args.length).toBe(3);
                expect(args[0]).toBe("accountId");
                expect(Buffer.isBuffer(args[1])).toBe(true);
                expect(args[1].toString("binary")).toBe("body");
                expect(args[2]).toEqual({
                    contentType: "application/octet-stream",
                    public: false
                });
            });
        });
        describe("successful response", () => {
            beforeEach(() => {
                return routeTester.post("body");
            });
            it("sets the Location header", () => {
                expect(routeTester.res.header).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Location", "rendered route: account-token, accountId:\"accountId\", tokenId:\"tokenId\"");
            });
            it("set the right links", () => {
                jasmine.checkLinks([
                    {
                        href: "rendered route: account-token, accountId:\"accountId\", tokenId:\"tokenId\"",
                        rel: "self"
                    },
                    {
                        href: "rendered route: account, accountId:\"accountId\"",
                        rel: "up",
                        title: "account"
                    }
                ], routeTester.res.linkObjects);
            });
            it("resulted in a 201 (very important)", () => {
                expect(routeTester.res.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(201);
            });
        });
    });
});


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